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www.independentfreepress.com Rick Bonnette ........ 7 Sports .................... 12 Calendar ...... 14, 23 Directory ............... 20 Classifieds ... 21, 22 LUCKY SEVEN The Halton Hills Bulldogs up their OLA Jr. B won/lost mark to 7-0 PAGE 12 BUSINESS PROFILES Look inside for five pages highlighting local business operators PAGE 15-19 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper 32 Pages TUESDAY, May 18, 2010 50 Cents (+ GST) Circulation: 22,800 Driver, 24, killed after car strikes tree By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer A 24-year-old rural Halton Hills woman was killed when she lost control of her vehicle on Sixth Line early Saturday morning and struck a tree. Halton Police, who were called to the single-vehicle crash about a km south of Hwy. 7 at approximately 6:25 a.m., said the woman died at the scene. Police did not release the victim's name, but The Independent & Free Press has learned she was Sarah McDonald. McDonald was travelling northbound on Sixth Line north of 22 SARAH Sideroad when MCDONALD for unknown reasons she swerved to the left, lost control of the vehicle, then hit a tree. Halton Regional Police Det. Const. Chris Heffernan of the Collision Reconstruction Unit said the tree was about six metres off the road. Karen Wood, McDonald's older sister, said she was heading home at the time of the crash and it's believed she may have swerved to avoid hitting an animal. "That's one possibility, it's a very rural area," said Heffernan. Heffernan said they have not heard from any witnesses to the crash, and that a woman walking her dog came Halton Regional Police reconstruction and identification officers spent Saturday morning investigating a single-car crash on Sixth Line that claimed the life of a 24-year-old Georgetown woman. The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. Saturday with the road remaining closed for most of the morning between 22 Sideroad and Hwy. 7. Photo by Graham Paine/Metroland West Media Group across the accident scene and called police. The accident may have occurred up to half an hour before police were called, Heffernan said. "We don't believe alcohol was a contributing factor," said Heffernan. McDonald attended Erin High School and just graduated from the business administration program at Sheridan College. Wood said her sister wanted to be an accountant and was to start studying for her degree at the University of Guelph this fall. She worked part-time at the Terra Cotta Inn. Wood said her sister loved animals. See CRASH, pg. 3 Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m Quality & Service You Can Count On! 332 Guelph Street, Georgetown (Across from Canadian Tire) · your window & door professionals · 905-702-0885 www.bathstudio .ca 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 10 times ·